sbadigliare — Italian conjugation

to yawn

Frequency#748Irregular

Indicative

Present (Presente) Irregular

The presente covers habits, ongoing situations, and plans about to start — much like English “I study” and “I am studying”. One present tense does both in Italian.

Lavora da casa tre giorni a settimana.

PronounItalianEnglish
iosbadiglioI yawn
tusbadigliyou yawn
lui/leisbadigliahe/she/it yawns
noisbadigliamowe yawn
voisbadigliateyou (pl.) yawn
lorosbadiglianothey yawn

Simple past (Passato remoto) Regular

The passato remoto tells a completed, narrative past, especially in the south and in literature. The passato prossimo is the normal spoken past in the north, so you choose register and region, not a difference in time alone.

Quella sera arrivò tardi, senza alibi.

PronounItalianEnglish
iosbadigliaiI yawned
tusbadigliastiyou yawned
lui/leisbadigliòhe/she/it yawned
noisbadigliammowe yawned
voisbadigliasteyou (pl.) yawned
lorosbadigliaronothey yawned

Imperfect (Imperfetto) Regular

The imperfetto is for incomplete past actions, context, and repeated or habitual situations without a clear end. The passato prossimo, not the remoto, is its usual “event” partner in speech.

Da bambina passavo le estati al mare.

PronounItalian
iosbadigliavo
tusbadigliavi
lui/leisbadigliava
noisbadigliavamo
voisbadigliavate
lorosbadigliavano

Conditional (Condizionale) Regular

The condizionale is for polite “would you…”, first-condition hypotheticals, and reported future from a past point of view. The classic if-chain is se + imperfetto → condizionale.

Potresti alzare un poco la voce?

PronounItalianEnglish
iosbadigliereiI would yawn
tusbadiglierestiyou would yawn
lui/leisbadiglierebbehe/she/it would yawn
noisbadiglieremmowe would yawn
voisbadiglieresteyou (pl.) would yawn
lorosbadiglierebberothey would yawn

Future (Futuro semplice) Regular

The futuro semplice is for predictions and far decisions. In speech you often hear the present (with a time adverb) or a paraphrase, and a famous trick is the futuro di probabilità for a present guess: saranno le tre.

Domani partiremo all'alba.

PronounItalianEnglish
iosbadiglieròI will yawn
tusbadiglieraiyou will yawn
lui/leisbadiglieràhe/she/it will yawn
noisbadiglieremowe will yawn
voisbadigliereteyou (pl.) will yawn
lorosbadiglierannothey will yawn

Present perfect (Passato prossimo) Regular

The passato prossimo is the workhorse preterit-like past in the north and in everyday Italian: avere/essere + participle, essere for reflexives, motion, and other change-of-state patterns.

Siamo andati a piedi, poi abbiamo preso l'autobus.

PronounItalianEnglish
ioho sbadigliatoI have yawned
tuhai sbadigliatoyou have yawned
lui/leiha sbadigliatohe/she/it has yawned
noiabbiamo sbadigliatowe have yawned
voiavete sbadigliatoyou (pl.) have yawned
lorohanno sbadigliatothey have yawned

Pluperfect (Trapassato prossimo) Regular

The trapassato prossimo is “further in the past than another past” — the Italian pluperfect. It pairs with a main past clause to mark sequence.

Avevamo già mangiato quando suonò il telefono.

PronounItalianEnglish
ioavevo sbadigliatoI had yawned
tuavevi sbadigliatoyou had yawned
lui/leiaveva sbadigliatohe/she/it had yawned
noiavevamo sbadigliatowe had yawned
voiavevate sbadigliatoyou (pl.) had yawned
loroavevano sbadigliatothey had yawned

Conditional perfect (Condizionale passato) Regular

The condizionale passato is for unreal or missed past results and often appears with se + trapassato prossimo in the protasis.

Avrei accettato, se mi avessero avvisato in tempo.

PronounItalian
ioavrei sbadigliato
tuavresti sbadigliato
lui/leiavrebbe sbadigliato
noiavremmo sbadigliato
voiavreste sbadigliato
loroavrebbero sbadigliato

Future perfect (Futuro anteriore) Regular

The futuro anteriore says something will already be over before a still-later future, or, like the French, can express a logical guess about a past result.

Entro le cinque, avrà già lasciato l'ufficio.

PronounItalianEnglish
ioavrò sbadigliatoI will have yawned
tuavrai sbadigliatoyou will have yawned
lui/leiavrà sbadigliatohe/she/it will have yawned
noiavremo sbadigliatowe will have yawned
voiavrete sbadigliatoyou (pl.) will have yawned
loroavranno sbadigliatothey will have yawned

Subjunctive

Present subjunctive (Congiuntivo presente) Irregular

The congiuntivo presente is required after many verbs and fixed phrases of will, fear, purpose, and doubt. Impersonal and semi-impersonal triggers (è importante che) also force the subjunctive mood.

Penso che sia la scelta giusta.

PronounItalian
iosbadigli
tusbadigli
lui/leisbadigli
noisbadigliamo
voisbadigliate
lorosbadiglino

Imperfect subjunctive (Congiuntivo imperfetto) Regular

The congiuntivo imperfetto is the past of the congiuntivo system after a past matrix clause and in se + congi. imperf. → condizionale with unreal conditions.

Se avessi più tempo, viaggerei ogni mese.

PronounItalian
iosbadigliassi
tusbadigliassi
lui/leisbadigliasse
noisbadigliassimo
voisbadigliaste
lorosbadigliassero

Other forms

Imperative (affirmative) (Imperativo) Regular

The affirmative imperativo reuses the tu form as 3sg for -are verbs, while other conjugations use the normal tu present. It is the direct command register.

Raccontami com'è andata l'esame.

PronounItalian
tusbadiglia
lui/leisbadigli
noisbadigliamo
voisbadigliate
lorosbadiglino

Imperative (negative) (Imperativo negativo) Regular

Negative commands use non + full infinitive in modern Italian, which is a distinctive rule compared to other Romance languages. Polite or indirect “please don’t” can still soften the tone in context.

Non aprire quella finestra, per favore.

PronounItalian
tunon sbadigliare
lui/leinon sbadigli
noinon sbadigliamo
voinon sbadigliate
loronon sbadiglino